In the Festival

Farming the Revolution

dir. & prod. Nishtha Jain, Akash Basumatari

prod. Valérie Montmartin

Farming the Revolution was supported through Nishtha Jain’s 2020 Chicken & Egg Award and is having its UK Premiere in the Rebellions section.

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The Boy and the Suit of Lights

dir. Inma de Reyes

prod. Aimara Reques

The Boy and the Suit of Lights was a participant of the 2020 (Egg)celerator Lab and is having its World Premiere in the International First Feature Competition.

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Our Land, Our Freedom

dir. & prods. Meena Nanji, Zippy Kimundu

Our Land, Our Freedom was a participant of the 2021 (Egg)celerator Lab having its UK Premiere in the Strands section.

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Union

dir. & prods. Brett Story, Stephen Maing

prod. Samantha Curley, Mars Verrone, Martin Dicicco

Union was supported through Brett Story’s 2023 Chicken & Egg Award.

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In the MeetMarket

The 19th edition of Sheffield DocFest’s flagship pitching forum, the MeetMarket, will take place on Thursday 13 and Friday 14 of June 2024. The slate includes 50 documentary projects, in development or at production stage, to be pitched in one-to-one meetings to international and UK industry representatives and experts. In this year’s lineup, there are three 2024 (Egg)celerator Lab grantees as well as a Research & Development Grantee. Learn more:

Jaripeo

dirs. Efraín Mojica, Rebecca Zweig

prods. Sarah Strunin

Jaripeo is a 2024 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee and is participating in the MeetMarket.

Vena Acuática

dir. Amada Torruella

prods. Seth Gadsden, Brenda Avila-Hanna

Vena Acuática is a 2024 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee and is participating in the MeetMarket.

War on Women

dir. Maris Salumets

prods. Elina Litvinova, Volia Chajkouskaya

War on Women is a 2024 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee and is participating in the MeetMarket.

Green is the Fire’s Tint

dirs. & prods. Arya Rothe, Cristina Hanes, Isabella Rinaldi

Green is the Fire’s Tint was supported through our 2023 Research & Development Grant and is participating in the MeetMarket.

From the AlumNest

• Bread & Roses | Festival Lineup
  dir. Sahra Mani
  prods. Jennifer Lawrence, Justine Ciarrocchi

• My Sweet Land | Festival Lineup
  dir. Sareen Hairabedian
  prods. Azza Hourani, Sareen Hairabedian, David Rane, Julie Paratian, Beth Levison, Rintu Thomas, Sushmit Ghosh

• Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa | Festival Lineup
  dir. Lucy Walker
  prods. Charlie Corwin, Michael D. Ratner, Miranda Sherman, Dalia Burde, Christopher Newman

• The Age of Water | MeetMarket
  dirs. Isabel Alcántara, Alfredo Alcántara
  prods. Lindsay Perna, Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson

• The Noble Half (working title) | MeetMarket
  dir. Khaula Malik
  prods. Brit Fryer, Afnahn Khan

• The Shape of Blue | MeetMarket
  dir. Sybilla Patrizia
  prod. Ina Fichman

• Widow Champion | MeetMarket
  dir. & prod. Zippy Kimundu
  prod. Heather Courtney

Meet the Team at the Fest!

Program Director Kiyoko McCrae and Industry & Artist Development Manager Tobi Phang-Lyn are going to be in attendance at the festival. They will be taking meetings with filmmakers, watching supported films, participating in roundtable discussions, and hosting an alumni happy hour. 

This year, Chicken & Egg Pictures is proud to present our third annual (Egg)celerator Lab pitch, in which filmmaking teams from all ten 2019 (Egg)celerator Lab grantees give quick pitches to a live audience of documentary industry folks and receive feedback from international decision makers and buyers.

This year’s pitch session is moderated by award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand, Chicken & Egg Pictures’ Co-Founder and Senior Creative Consultant, and will include a panel of:

• José Rodriguez of Tribeca Film Institute,
• Alexandra Hannibal of CNN Films,
• Jo Lapping of BBC Storyville,
• Jess Gormley of The Guardian, and
• Christine Kecher of A&E Networks.

The 2019 (Egg)celerator Lab grantees are:

• An Act of Worship, directed by Nausheen Dadabhoy (US/PAKISTAN)
• #Mickey, directed by Betzabé García (MEXICO)
• Between Fire and Water, directed by Viviana Gómez Echeverry (COLOMBIA)
• We Are Inside, directed by Farah Kassem (LEBANON)
• Untitled PRC Project, directed by Jessica Kingdon (US)
• Mama Bears, directed by Daresha Kyi (US)
• Silent Beauty, directed by Jasmin López (MEXICO/US)
• Pray Away, directed by Kristine Stolakis (US)
• Cutting Through Rocks, co-directed by Sara Khaki and Mohammad Reza Eyni (IRAN/US)

Anyone with a Sheffield Doc/Fest pass is welcome to sit in on the sessions, learn about the incredible film projects these emerging filmmakers are working on, and hear feedback from panelists. The Chicken & Egg Pictures (Egg)celerator Lab Pitch will take place Sunday, June 9 at 11:00 AM at ITV Town Hall Reception Room B. More information here.

And if you’re at Sheffield Doc/Fest, don’t miss screenings of these Nest-supported films:

One Child Nation (2017 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee), directed by Nanfu Wang (also a 2018 Chicken & Egg Award recipient) and Jialing Zhang

How much control does a person have over their own life? In China, state control begins before a child is even born.

One Child Nation is in the running for the The Tim Hetherington Award, supported by Dogwoof. Tickets and screening times are available here.

American Factory, directed by Julia Reichert (2016 Chicken & Egg Award recipient) and Steve Bognar*

Dizzying, hilarious and devastating, this tale of two factories makes for a landmark story of workplace anxiety. Directors Reichert and Bognar have spent a decade documenting the plight of Ohio’s factory workers, and their dedication pays off when they are given astonishing access to Fuyao, a Chinese auto glass manufacturer, as it revives a shuttered General Motors plant in Dayton.

Tickets and screening times are available here.

Hail Satan?, directed by Penny Lane (2017 Chicken & Egg Award recipient)
With humor and searing insight, director Penny Lane debunks misrepresentations about the Satanic Temple. Drawing on extensive access to the organization’s participants, this unflinching examination reveals the controversial religious movement’s aim to shine a light on the hypocrisy around America’s separation of church and state.*

Tickets and screening times are available here.

And a special shoutout to these members of our AlumNest of previously-supported filmmakers:  Knock Down the House, directed by Rachel Lears (former Nest grantee for The Hand That Feeds) and The Great Hack, directed by  Karim Amer and Jehane Noujaim (former Nest grantee for The Square).